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Antique Print-TIME-MERCURY-ALLEGORICAL-FRONTISPIECE-Hirschmann-c.1690

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€95.00

‘ON BANDEROLE HELD BY MERCURY: ‘[?] GESCHICHTS CALENDER’. ON STONE BLOCK: ‘[?] VERANDERLICH’. SIGNED LOWER LEFT:’HIRSCHMANN SCUL.”

– Allegorical composition with the winged figure of Time seated on a stone block, holding a scythe, with an hourglass beside him. Above, Mercury (Hermes), god of communication and commerce, flies through the clouds holding a caduceus and a scroll. In the background, a stormy sea with a foundering ship and a burning fortress. Strong baroque symbolism of time, fate, and the transience of earthly things.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 12 x 16.5 cm (4.72 x 6.5 inch). Image size: 12 x 16.5 cm. (4.72 x 6.5 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Plate trimmed. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HIRSCHMANN, ALLEGORY, TIME, MERCURY, 17TH CENTURY, FRONTISPIECE | PCO-C44-26

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Probably from a German calendar or historical almanac, late 17th century.

Biography engraver: Thomas Hirschmann (active ca. 1670-1691), German engraver, active in Augsburg and other centers. Produced numerous frontispieces and allegorical engravings for books, calendars, and religious works.

Additional information

Dimensions 16 × 12 × 1 cm

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